Verb

• S: (v) compel, oblige, obligate (force somebody to do something) "We compel all students to fill out this form"
• S: (v) oblige, bind, hold, obligate (bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted) "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) pledge (bind or secure by a pledge) "I was pledged to silence"
• S: (v) article (bind by a contract; especially for a training period)
• S: (v) indenture, indent (bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant) "an indentured servant"
• S: (v) tie down (restrain from independence by an obligation) "He was tied down by his work"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s somebody
• Something ----s somebody
• Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
• S: (v) oblige, accommodate (provide a service or favor for someone) "We had to oblige him"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• antonym
• W: (v) disoblige [Opposed to: oblige] (ignore someone's wishes)
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s somebody